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From Vox, Lam Thuy Vo on how 220 years of census data proves race is a social construct. All mixed up: What do we call people of multiple backgrounds? Victoria M. Massie on 5 racist stereotypes that historically were the opposite of what they are today. Seeing colors: Some liberals used to pride themselves on not seeing race; no — we must see it and think about it. Is diversity for white people? Carlos Lozada reviewsWe Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang. The difference between racism and colorism: An excerpt from Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families by Lori L. Tharps. Is America more divided by race or class? The trouble with anti-antiracism: Movements targeting racial disparities aren't distracting attention from class inequality — they're part of a broader radicalization against American capitalism.

When all boats aren't lifted: Lindsey Gilbert interviews Eddie Glaude, author of Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul. Deeply rooted: William Bryant Miles on the complex equation of what makes you black. Humanizing blackness: Ebony A. Utley interviews Tommy J. Curry on defining blackness and its future. William Darity on the Latino flight to whiteness: Based upon trends in racial self-classification, one has to be skeptical about the emergence of "majority-minority" America. Witnessing white flight from an Asian ethnoburb: If diversity is so important to liberal whites, why do they keep fleeing ethnically diverse suburbia? "You look like the help": Mari Santos on the disturbing link between Asian skin color and status. New York Times: #thisis2016, and South Asians are Asians, too #brownAsians.

Mass media has utterly failed to convey the policy stakes in the election. White nationalists plot Election Day show of force: KKK, neo-Nazis and militias plan to monitor urban polling places and suppress the black vote. Even if Trump loses, white nationalists say they've won. The silver lining of voter ID laws: They aren't effective at suppressing the vote. Nephew George P. Bush says George W. Bush may vote for Clinton. How Donald Trump outsmarted George Will. Donald Trump tries to kill political correctness — and ends up saving it. Benjamin Hart on the only article you need to read about why Trump voters are angry: — because it's the only article people are writing about Trump voters. How low can political journalism sink? After the 2016 election, we now know the answer — campaign coverage has never been more vacuous, policy-free, and corrosive to democracy.

It's time to stop pretending that there's such a thing as a rational voter: Lee Drutman reviewsDemocracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government by Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels. Making the choice: How should voters weigh the sins of these two uniquely corrupt candidates? Hamilton Nolan asks Peter Singer if it's okay to have a revolution. Smart women don't talk about feminism, Donald Trump says in 1998 interview. "We are in for a pretty long civil war": In back rooms and think tanks, Republicans are already mourning their party — and plotting the fight over who's going to be in it after Trump. Jonathan Chait on Peter Thiel and the authoritarian-libertarian alliance for Trump. Maybe Peter Thiel is just a crank. We may be living in the final days of the Supreme Court of the United States. Race, not class, dictates Republican future. The rise of white identity politics: The age of Trump largely exists because of a resurgent white racial identity.

It really is insane that Trump got away with not releasing his tax returns. Paul Ryan on the road for Donald Trump. Social decay is what the conversation about Trump and the white working class misses: Sean Illing interviews J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Donald Trump's appeal is not just about "anger" and "resentment": Carlos Lozada reviewsWhat is Populism by Jan-Werner Muller and The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics by John B. Judis. The silver lining of Trump's misogyny? More men are decrying his ways. Behind the retreat of the Koch brothers' operation: Donald Trump's rise led the conservative billionaires to scale back their political operation — can they bounce back? Americans with disabilities struggle to exercise a right that most take for granted — voting. David Brooks on the conservative intellectual crisis. Fact-free conservative media is a symptom of GOP troubles, not a cause.

Final days: Trump's advisers are working hard to plan their own futures while riding out the roller-coaster end of the campaign. Hillary Clinton should use her appointments to build up her party. The flaws of the Overton Window theory: Laura Marsh on how an obscure libertarian idea became the go-to explanation for this year's crazy politics. If most voters are uninformed, who should make decisions about the public's welfare? Caleb Crain reviewsAgainst Democracy by Jason Brennan. Why Republican kooks matter. Trump supporters say they want a revolution — they don't. Hostility toward women is one of the strongest predictors of Trump support. The book that predicted Trump: Matt Feeney reviewsThe Reactionary Mind by Corey Robin. This map will change how you think about American voters, especially small-town, heartland white voters: Small towns are as Democratic as big cities — suburban and rural voters are the Republicans.

How social media creates angry, poorly informed partisans. Uncouth democracy: The contest in the United States, in all its vulgarity, is democratic politics and reveals to us what is most discomfiting about democracy — that democracy opens the political field to discussions and debates without limits or "banisters," in Hannah Arendt's memorable phrase. What political scientists and policy journalists often miss about American politics: Timothy Shenk reviewsThe Fractured Republic: Renewing America's Social Contract in the Age of Individualism by Yuval Levin; American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson; and Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government by Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels. Paul Krugman on an example of "Olympic gold-medal-level false equivalence". Yeah, sorry, but fuck Donald Trump's supporters (and the GOP).

"So, to recap. Trump will go on trial in November accused of racketeering, and again in December accused of child rape. He is a sexual predator, hasn't released his tax returns, and has used his foundation's money to pay his legal fees. He has abused the family of a war hero and — oh, but let's talk about some emails Hillary didn't send from someone else's computer, that weren't a crime anyway, because that's how to choose a president. Come on, America. Focus."

Scott Atran on ISIS: The durability of chaos. How a secretive branch of ISIS built a global network of killers: A jailhouse interview with a German man who joined the Islamic State reveals the workings of a unit whose lieutenants are empowered to plan attacks around the world. Why Europe can't find the jihadis in its midst: A small, well-organized ISIS cell has been at work in the heart of Europe for years, recruiting criminals, exploiting freedom of movement, and evading counterterrorism efforts. Inside the head of an ISIS true believer: The so-called Islamic State vows to endure and expand, but under relentless pressure, it's shrinking — how do its partisans think they can endure?

Mosul: Smuggled diary reveals life of fear under IS. Inside the real US ground war on ISIS: As the US and its allies prepare to launch a major offensive for Mosul, US service members are on the ground in growing numbers — and increasingly in harm's way. Signs of panic and rebellion in the heart of Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate. Caliphate in peril, more ISIS fighters may take mayhem to Europe. What happens after ISIS falls? Islamic State's self-declared caliphate is shrinking, but its demise is likely to bring new problems — fresh regional clashes, a revived al Qaeda and more terrorism in the West. The end of the Islamic State will make the Middle East worse: The group's weakening will resurface more potent fault lines. If ISIS loses Mosul, what then? Militants were largely driven from the city during the Iraq War, but they came back — here's why this time is different.